Race Conditions
After last year’s record heat, this year the conditions were much colder and included some showers on the run that probably helped those that were running fast. Both Sebastian Kienle and Andi Boecherer ran new marathon PRs in their battle for the win and Will Clarke was able to post a new run course record – his 2:42:08 beat Timo Bracht’s time from 2008.
Overall conditions were fast as is typical for Frankfurt (adjustment of 12:48 leading to a new course rating of 11:58). This year the biggest impact on the race was probably the swim. With an official temperature of 22.6°C it was decided to not allow wetsuits, but a lot of Pros were battling hypothermia, most notable Daniela Ryf who was forced to DNF early on the bike.
Male Race Results
The Top 3 finishers came off the bike together, but Eneko Llanos quickly lost contact to Sebastian Kienle and Andi Böcherer who ran shoulder-to-shoulder for some time. Sebi was slowly able to move away and build a small lead, but towards the end Andi put in another effort but couldn’t quite close the gap. Eneko struggled in the second and third loop and lost third place to Marko Albert, but a strong last lap allowed him to grab the last spot on the podium.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Sebastian Kienle | GER | 00:52:12 | 04:12:12 | 02:44:12 | 07:52:43 | -12:34 | US$ 30000 |
| 2 | Andi Boecherer | GER | 00:48:41 | 04:15:27 | 02:45:02 | 07:53:40 | -27:07 | US$ 15000 |
| 3 | Eneko Llanos | ESP | 00:49:11 | 04:15:21 | 03:00:33 | 08:09:08 | -02:26 | US$ 8000 |
| 4 | Marko Albert | EST | 00:48:12 | 04:22:04 | 02:57:33 | 08:11:38 | -12:55 | US$ 6500 |
| 5 | Will Clarke | GBR | 00:52:17 | 04:36:01 | 02:42:08 | 08:14:56 | -32:18 | US$ 5000 |
| 6 | Christian Kramer | GER | 00:48:34 | 04:32:35 | 02:51:44 | 08:18:14 | -08:40 | US$ 3500 |
| 7 | Denis Chevrot | FRA | 00:48:14 | 04:39:39 | 02:47:33 | 08:19:59 | -05:07 | US$ 2500 |
| 8 | Bertrand Billard | FRA | 00:52:15 | 04:35:49 | 02:53:58 | 08:26:27 | -20:00 | US$ 2000 |
| 9 | Marc Duelsen | GER | 00:54:23 | 04:34:23 | 02:53:32 | 08:26:59 | 03:21 | US$ 1500 |
| 10 | Johann Ackermann | GER | 00:48:25 | 04:31:09 | 03:06:41 | 08:31:06 | 05:42 | US$ 1000 |
| 11 | Alexander Schilling | GER | 00:48:34 | 04:41:33 | 03:00:49 | 08:35:08 | n/a | |
| 12 | Jeremy Jurkiewicz | FRA | 00:52:10 | 04:49:08 | 02:53:53 | 08:39:57 | 12:18 | |
| 13 | Youri Severin | NED | 00:48:26 | 04:41:43 | 03:11:09 | 08:45:38 | n/a | |
| 14 | Daniil Sapunov | UKR | 00:50:51 | 04:57:15 | 03:01:35 | 08:55:19 | 12:22 | |
| 15 | Balazs Csoke | HUN | 00:48:32 | 04:48:23 | 03:15:01 | 08:57:25 | 10:18 | |
| 16 | Mike Schifferle | SUI | 01:04:25 | 04:44:16 | 02:58:59 | 08:57:45 | 08:15 | |
| 17 | Igor Amorelli | BRA | 00:48:35 | 04:30:47 | 03:34:59 | 08:58:42 | 30:32 | |
| 18 | Michael Louys | BEL | 01:05:31 | 04:43:21 | 03:04:05 | 08:58:45 | -14:48 | |
| 19 | Pascal Ramali | GER | 01:01:03 | 04:41:46 | 03:17:46 | 09:05:12 | 34:52 | |
| 20 | Hywel Davies | GBR | 01:06:12 | 04:53:10 | 02:58:22 | 09:05:54 | -00:04 | |
| 21 | Julian Mutterer | GER | 00:52:14 | 04:37:30 | 03:32:01 | 09:06:12 | 25:32 | |
| 22 | Maciej Chmura | POL | 00:52:03 | 05:04:20 | 03:07:09 | 09:08:33 | n/a | |
| 23 | Young Hwan Oh | KOR | 01:07:38 | 04:56:43 | 02:58:49 | 09:09:14 | -23:47 | |
| 24 | David Jilek | CZE | 00:59:10 | 04:50:53 | 03:16:34 | 09:12:07 | -10:34 | |
| 25 | Timothy O’Donnell | USA | 00:48:31 | 04:39:34 | 03:39:55 | 09:12:58 | 59:03 | |
| 26 | Ivan Jezko | SVK | 01:03:00 | 04:55:53 | 03:11:21 | 09:17:29 | -07:20 | |
| 27 | Vincent Depuiset | FRA | 01:12:01 | 05:01:08 | 03:09:31 | 09:29:21 | -10:41 | |
| 28 | Ludovic Le Guellec | FRA | 00:59:31 | 05:07:34 | 03:30:30 | 09:44:37 | -08:43 | |
| 29 | David Krupicka | CZE | 01:06:26 | 05:14:39 | 04:07:11 | 10:35:07 | 07:28 | |
| Joe Gambles | AUS | 00:48:39 | 04:48:54 | DNF | ||||
| Victor Del Corral | ESP | 00:59:00 | 04:42:56 | DNF | ||||
| Christian Brader | GER | 00:58:52 | 04:49:43 | DNF | ||||
| Thomas Bosch | GER | 00:59:02 | 04:49:49 | DNF | ||||
| Bas Diederen | NED | 00:48:36 | 05:18:57 | DNF | ||||
| Michal Volejnik | CZE | 01:03:56 | 05:10:25 | DNF | ||||
| Timo Moeschk | GER | 01:16:24 | 05:08:15 | DNF | ||||
| Petr Bednar | CZE | 01:06:25 | 05:25:27 | DNF | ||||
| Marek Nemcik | SVK | 01:13:48 | 05:48:50 | DNF | ||||
| Ivan Risti | ITA | 00:48:27 | DNF | |||||
| Clemente Alonso McKernan | ESP | 00:49:09 | DNF | |||||
| Marton Flander | HUN | 00:52:18 | DNF | |||||
| Gilian Oriet | SUI | 00:59:03 | DNF | |||||
| Gudmund Snilstveit | NOR | 01:04:43 | DNF | |||||
| Alfred Rahm | GER | 01:07:52 | DNF |
Female Race Results
After pre-race favorite Daniela Ryf was in trouble after getting extremely cold on the swim, Natascha Schmitt was leading the race into T2. But Mel Hauschildt was running a good deal faster and took the lead in the second loop. When even an unjustified stop-and-go penalty on the run couldn’t derail her, she won IM Germany, an Automatic Qualifier slot and continued her streak of being unbeaten in an Ironman (3 wins in 3 starts). There were a lot of late position changes behind Mel, eventually Katja Konschak ran herself into second place with the best run of the day. Daniela Sämmler finished third with a solid bike/run-combo while Natascha Schmitt dropped back into fourth place. Verena Walter in fifth was the fourth German in the Top 5.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Melissa Hauschildt | AUS | 00:59:15 | 04:57:10 | 03:00:12 | 09:01:17 | -06:52 | US$ 30000 |
| 2 | Katja Konschak | GER | 00:56:05 | 05:06:45 | 02:59:29 | 09:09:58 | -36:46 | US$ 15000 |
| 3 | Daniela Saemmler | GER | 00:58:18 | 04:56:54 | 03:12:47 | 09:13:23 | -08:07 | US$ 8000 |
| 4 | Natascha Schmitt | GER | 00:55:57 | 04:54:15 | 03:21:43 | 09:16:40 | -29:42 | US$ 6500 |
| 5 | Verena Walter | GER | 01:01:45 | 04:55:49 | 03:16:04 | 09:18:58 | -24:26 | US$ 5000 |
| 6 | Saleta Castro Nogueira | ESP | 00:56:58 | 05:14:53 | 03:04:54 | 09:22:41 | -28:49 | US$ 3500 |
| 7 | Dimity-Lee Duke | AUS | 00:59:18 | 05:06:09 | 03:19:16 | 09:30:48 | -01:28 | US$ 2500 |
| 8 | Katharina Grohmann | GER | 01:13:48 | 05:06:06 | 03:07:20 | 09:31:54 | -14:05 | US$ 2000 |
| 9 | Bianca Steurer | AUT | 00:59:19 | 05:14:46 | 03:19:14 | 09:37:59 | 04:11 | US$ 1500 |
| 10 | Petra Krejcova | CZE | 01:03:48 | 05:22:41 | 03:13:36 | 09:45:13 | -07:34 | US$ 1000 |
| 11 | Celia Kuch | GER | 01:06:30 | 05:13:13 | 03:27:29 | 09:53:24 | -06:06 | |
| 12 | Caroline Livesey | GBR | 01:06:36 | 05:13:13 | 03:32:34 | 10:00:24 | 17:53 | |
| 13 | Christine Fletcher | CAN | 01:03:30 | 05:15:03 | 03:49:02 | 10:17:20 | 21:26 | |
| 14 | Lotty Harari | PAN | 01:10:55 | 05:20:18 | 03:45:21 | 10:23:23 | n/a | |
| 15 | Mariana Andrade | BRA | 01:00:13 | 05:15:14 | 04:17:05 | 10:37:31 | 41:12 | |
| Astrid Stienen | GER | 01:00:20 | 05:00:53 | DNF | ||||
| Daniela Ryf | SUI | 00:53:45 | DNF | |||||
| Diana Riesler | GER | DNF | ||||||
| Kristin Möller | GER | DNF |